History of the Planning Profession

Question 1

When was the first National Planning Conference held and where was it hosted?

Answer 1

the National Conference on City Planning and Congestion Relief in Washington DC in 1909

Question 2

What was this first known formal instruction in city planning below the college level?

Answer 2

Walter Moody’s Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago in 1912

Question 3

What was the first major textbook on City Planning

Answer 3

Flavel Shurtleff’s Carrying Out the City Plan, 1914

Question 4

When was the American City Planning Institute (ACPI) founded?

Answer 4

1917

Question 5

Who was the first ACIP President?

Answer 5

Frederick Law Olmstead

Question 6

When was the American City Planning Institute renamed and what was it renamed to?

Answer 6

American Institute of Planners (AIP) in 1939 - the AIP was for forerunner to the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)

Question 7

When was the first issue of CITY PLANNING (the predecessor to the current Journal of the American Planning Association) published?

Answer 7

1925 - it was published by the American City Planning Institute (ACPI) and the National Conference on City Planning

Question 8

When was the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) founded?

Answer 8

1934

Question 9

When did the American Institute of Planners (AIP) adopt a Code of Ethics?

Answer 9

1971

Question 10

When was the first exam for the American Institute of Planners (AIP) administered?

Answer 10

1977

Question 11

When was the American Planning Association created and how?

Answer 11

1978 - through a merger of the American Institute of Planners (AIP) and the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO)

Question 12

When did the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning publish the first issue of the Journal of Planning Education and Research?

Answer 12

1981